May 5, 2025 • 26 mins
Journalists from around the state discuss the news of the week with host Bill Bryant, including preparations for the Kentucky Derby in Louisville. Guests: Janet Patton, Lexington Herald-Leader; Russ Cassady, Appalachian Newspapers; and Mario Anderson, Spectrum News 1.
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>> Bill (00:08):
KENTUCKY DERBY WEEKEND
IN KENTUCKY AS THE EYES OF THE
WORLD SHIFT OUR WAY.
INTRIGUE IN KENTUCKY'S OPEN U.S.
SENATE RACE AS CANDIDATES AND
WOULD BE CANDIDATES JOCKEY FOR
POSITION.
WHAT IMPACT IS FEDERAL COST
CUTTING HAVING ON KENTUCKY AND
THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE?
DRUG OVERDOSES TAKE A DRAMATIC
DROP IN KENTUCKY.
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AS THE CELEBRITIES ARRIVE FOR
THE DERBY, COMMENT IS NEXT ON
KET.
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>> Announcer (00:43):
GOOD EVENING I'M
BILL BRYANT
>> Bill (00:51):
THE WEEK'S NEWS IN THE
COMMONWEALTH AND THE GUESTS ON
OUR PANEL OF WORKING KENTUCKY
JOURNALISTS TONIGHT ARE, JANET
PATTON, REPORTER FOR THE
LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER.
MARIO ANDERSON, ANCHOR AND HOST
OF IN FOCUS KENTUCKY ON SPECTRUM
NEWS 1 AND JOINING US ON SCAPE
IS RUSS CASSADY REGIONAL EDITOR
OF APPALACHIAN NEWSPAPERS.
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A LITTLE BIT AGO GOOD CHEER WON
THE KENTUCKY OAKS AS DERBY
WEEKEND IS UNDERWAY.
WEATHER COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER.
BUT THIS REALLY IS KENTUCKY'S
MOMENT TO SHINE?
>> DO A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND THE
WORLD, THIS IS I ONLY HORSERACE
THAT EXISTS IN AMERICA.
THIS IS THE ONLY ONE THEY KNOW.
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AND THIS IS ONE OF LIKE THREE
THINGS THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT
KENTUCKY.
THE DERBY, FRIED CHICKEN WHICH
WE CAN TALK ABOUT ANOTHER TIME
AND MAYBE A HANDFUL OF OTHER
THINGS.
THIS IS OUR BEST FACE FORWARD.
THEY WANT TO SEE THE PRETTY
DRESSES, THE FLOWERS, THE
BEAUTIFUL HORSES.
YEAH, IT'S WHEN WE LOOK OUR
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BEST.
DO YOU THINK ALL THE
ATTENTION MAYBE WORTH MORE THAN
THE ACTUAL DOLLARS THAT BETTORS
WILL PUT DOWN AND TOURIST ALSO
SPEND?
>> IT'S WORTH A LOT AND GOVERNOR
BESHEAR ELUDED TO THAT HE TALKED
ABOUT HAVING COMPANIES THAT COME
HERE AND THEY WINE AND DINE THEM
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AT THE DERBY.
FORD WAS ONE OF THEM AND THEY
SEE THIS AND WANT TO COME TO
KENTUCKY.
>> .
YOU BROUGHT PROPS
TONIGHT.
>> I BROUGHT A DERBY GLASS AND
THIS IS --
>> $22 FOR A MINT JULIP.
YOU CAN MAKE ONE AT HOME AND BUY
THIS GLASS FOR FIVE BUCKS AT
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KROGER RIGHT NOW.
YOU'RE TELLING SECRETS.
THE CELEBRITIES POUR IN FOR THE
DERBY AND WE'VE SEEN THAT AND
MANY ARE AT PARTIES TONIGHT IN
LOUISVILLE AND WILL BE OVER THE
WEEKEND.
>> WE HAVE SPORTS AND COUNTRY
MUSIC NAMES SIMON BILES THE
GREATEST GYM NEWSCAST
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PARTICULARS
AND SIMONE BILES WILL BE CALLING
RIDERS UP FOR THE DERBY
TOMORROW.
YOU SPOKE WITH THE
KENTUCKY SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
OSBORNE ABOUT THE DERBY IMPACT
AND HE IS A HORSEMAN HIMSELF.
>> HE IS.
HIS DAY-TO-DAY WORK HE PREFERS
BEING IN HIS COWBOY BOOTS AND
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GENES.
DAVID OSBORNE IS IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE FOURTH TERM IN FRANKFORT
HE OWNS A THOROUGHBRED BREEDING
ON INDICATION IN OLDHAM COUNTY.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT HOW BIG OF
AN ECONOMIC DRIVER THE KENTUCKY
DERBY AND THE THOROUGHBRED
INDUSTRY IS IN OUR STATE AND THE
ECONOMIC IMPACT IS $400 MILLION
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FOR OUR STATE.
WHEN YOU FACTOR IN THE EQUEEN
INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE THAT IS $6.5
BILLION AND 60,000 JOBS HERE IN
KENTUCKY.
DESPITE ALL THE PRIDE
SURROUNDING THE DERBY AND ALL
THE EVENS, THERE ARE SOME
CONCERNS THAT ARE CREEPING INTO
CONVERSATIONS THIS YEAR.
CHURCHILL DOWNS DECIDED TO
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TEMPORARILY SUSAN EXPANSION
PROJECT.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
THEY ANNOUNCED IN FEBRUARY, $900
MILLION PLUS PROJECT THAT WAS
GOING TO CHANGE A LOT TEMPORARY
SEATING INTO PERMANENT SEATING.
A BIG MULTIYEAR THING AND THEY
SAID BECAUSE OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S TARIFFS THEY NOW HAD NO
ABILITY TO FORECAST EXACTLY WHAT
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THE PRICES OF MATERIALS WOULD
COST.
SO THEY ARE DELAYING THAT.
AND THEY'VE ALSO SEEN
UNCERTAINTY IN TERMS OF BETTING
IS SOFTENING IN SOME AREAS AND
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE.
>> AND THE WEATHER AND PUSHING
IT BACK.
AND MARIO IT WAS
(04:43):
DIFFICULT FOR LOUISVILLE TO GET
READY FOR THE DERBY AFTER THE
EARLY APRIL FLOODING.
AND EVEN SOME TROUBLES DURING
THE DERBY WEEK.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
A LOT OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
HISTORIC FLOODING FROM AIRPORT.
IMPACTING THE BANKS OF THE OHIO
RIVER IN THE LOUISVILLE AREA
CANCELED,000 CUSTOMER OVER
LOUISVILLE WHICH HAS 625 PEOPLE
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A YEAR TO WATCH FIREWORKS AND
THE AIRSHOW.
ALSO THE DERBY FESTIVAL EVENTS
IN LOUISVILLE, TWO WEEKS LEADING
UP TO THE DERBY.
SEVERAL WERE PUSHED BACK OR
CANCELED OR RESCHEDULED DUE TO
THE WEATHER.
AND YES, SLOPPY TRACKS DURING
CHURCHILL DOWNS RACE SEASON THAT
IS THE THEME OF THIS PARTICULAR
SPRING SEASON RIGHT NOW.
BUT, AGAIN, THEY ARE OFF TO THE
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RACES WITH THEIR SPRING MEET
CONTINUING NOW DESPITE THE
WEATHER WE'VE HAD.
RUSS, JOINING IN YOUR
DERBY EVE PEACH SHIRT WHICH WE
APPRECIATE, THE DERBY REALLY IS
A STATE-WIDE EVENT.
WE KNOW THE PEOPLE GATHER AND
CELEBRATE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES
AND PARTIES ARE HELD AND THERE
IS AN EVENT IN PRESTONSBURG.
(05:49):
THE EXCITEMENT DOES EXTEND TO
EVERY CORNER OF THE STATE?
>> IT DOES.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE RITES OF
SPRING HERE IN THE EAST WE HAVE
HILLBILLY DATES AND THEN THE
DERBY AND PEOPLE WANT TO
PARTICIPATE IN A SMALL WAY IN
THE PAGEANTRY THAT IS THE DERBY.
IT IS KENTUCKY.
WE ARE PART OF KENTUCKY.
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SO, YEAH, THERE'S SOME EVENTS
THAT POPPED UP IN HAZARD AND
APPALACHIAN ARTS LOTS THERE.
AND AN EVENT THAT GAINED
POPULARITY.
PEOPLE REALLY DO WANT TO PLAY A
ROLE IN THIS AND BE A PART OF
THIS MASSIVE PART OF KENTUCKY.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
RACE ITSELF.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF
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CONNECTIONS TO FORMER GOVERNOR
BURTON JONES.
>> THERE ARE TWO HORSES IN THE
RACE PUBLISHER AND CHUNK OF GOLD
THAT HE BRED.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE A NICE
SEN MENTAL TOUCH IF THE LATE
GOVERNOR HAD A HORSE WIN THE
DERBY.
THERE ARE OTHER LOCAL
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CONNECTIONS.
KENNY McPEEK WHO WON LAST YEAR
MADE IT IN.
IT COULD HAPPEN WE COULD HAVE A
LOCAL DERBY.
>> BOB IS BACK.
>> ALTHOUGH ONE OF HIS HORSES IS
SCRATCHED.
HE HAS ONE IN.
AND THERE IS A HORSE
NAME JOURNALISM IN THE RUNNING
IT WAS THE FAVORITE I'M NOT SURE
WHERE THAT IS RIGHT NOW.
THAT SORT OF EXCITING FOR THOSE
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OF US IN THIS PRO SPHETION.
>> JOURNALISM CAN ALWAYS IN THIS
DAY AND AGE USE A WIN.
IS THAT YOUR PICK
MARIO?
>> OF COURSE IT IS THE HORSE IS
KNOWN FOR ITS CONSISTENTSY AND
WE LIKE TO BE CONSISTENT IN OUR
WORK AS WELL.
JANET PICKED THE WINNER
LAST YEAR.
WE HAVE JANET ON THIS IS HER
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BEAT AREA.
SO DO YOU HAVE A PICK THIS TIME
AROUND?
>> GOSH I WISH I COULD SAY YES.
I LOVE JOURNALISM I LOVE SAND
MAN'S BEAUTIFUL.
THAT COULD BE A TOUGH ONE.
JOURNALISM.
>> BIG J.
>> AND RUSS YOUR PICK?
>> I WILL PICK JOURNALISM.
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I'VE GOT TO.
I WILL GO WITH YOU ON
THAT, TOO.
THE DERBY IS ALSO A CHANCE TO
SEE AND BE SEEN INCLUDING AMONG
THE POLITICIANS AND ANDY BARR
NOW IN THE RUNNING FOR THE
SENATE LET IT BE KNOWN HE WAS
GOING TO OAKS UNDERBY AND
REPORTERS COULD TALK TO HIM IF
THEY CHOSE.
SO MARIO IT IS A GOOD CHANCE TO
DO RETAIL CAMPAIGNING.
(08:18):
I KNOW THAT DANIEL CAMERON WAS
THERE AS WELL.
>> MANY POLITICIANS THE STATE
LEVEL AND ALSO ON THE FEDERAL
LEVEL THE CONGRESS MEMBERS THEY
COME BACK BACK TO KENTUCKY AND
HAVE SUITES AND ARE HOSTING
DONORS, CONTRIBUTORS, PEOPLE
THAT THEY WANT TO GET IN FRONT
OF (08:36):
THE BUSINESS OWNERS.
HANDSHAKING, BACK SLAPPING
HELLOS AND CAN I GET AN
ENDORSEMENT FROM YOU OR
POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO MY
CAMPAIGN.
AND AGAIN, THE GOVERNOR ANDY
BESHEAR HE HAS HIS OWN GUESTS HE
IS BRINGING IN.
A LOT OF THEM VARIOUS INDUSTRIES
AND THE MAYOR OF LOUISVILLE HE
PUBLISHES HIS GUEST LIST WHO HE
(08:57):
IS INVITING.
THE GOAL IS TO LOOK FOR
SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE AFTER
DERBY.
>> Bill (09:02):
NOW, THERE'S A WILDCARD
IN THE SENATE RACE THIS WEEK,
TELEVISION COMMENTATOR SCOTT
JENNINGS WHO HAS BEEN MENTIONED
AS A POSSIBLE CANDIDATE FOR THE
McCONNELL SEAT APPEARED ON
STAGE IN MICHIGAN WITH PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
>> DON'T WORRY WE'LL TAKE CARE
OF YOU SCOTT.
SCOTT JENNINGS REALLY GREAT.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
(09:26):
MICHIGAN, WE WERE FLYING IN HERE
TODAY AND I SAID LOOK AT THESE
FARMS.
I GOT TO GET A FARM IN MICHIGAN
BECAUSE WHEN YOU OWN AS MANY AS
I DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PLACE TO
PUT THEM ALL.
ALL RIGHT.
WE HEARD NOTHING ABOUT A SENATE
RUN BUT IT CERTAINLY GOT PEOPLE
TALKING ABOUT JENNINGS APPEARING
WITH THE PRESIDENT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
(09:47):
THE PRESIDENT SAID THE WORDS
WE'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU SCOTT WHO
KNOWS WHAT THAT MEANS.
SCOTT JENNINGS IS FROM WESTERN
KENTUCKY AREA IN DAWSON SPRINGS
HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED WITH RUNS
WHICH PR CREATED THAT AGENCY OUT
OF LOUISVILLE WORKING ON
CAMPAIGN ADVERTISEMENTS AND
MAILERS FOR REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATES FROM VARIOUS STAGES
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AND ALSO HE WORKED ON THE
FEDERAL LEVEL WITH FORMER
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH AS HIS
POLITICAL DIRECTOR AND HAS CLOSE
TIES TO MITCH McCONNELL THAT
IS HOW HE GOT HIS START IN THE
INDUSTRY.
HE HAS A DAILY PRESENCE ON "CNN"
AND IS THE CONSERVATIVE VOICE ON
THEIR PROGRAMMING.
SO WE'LL SEE WHAT IS IN THE
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CARDS THAT'S BEEN TEASED.
JENNINGS DOES THAT
PRESENCE, RUSS, GIVE JENNINGS UP
IN EASTERN KENTUCKY THE SAME
KIND OF NAME IDENTITY THAT HE
WOULD HAVE EVERYWHERE ELSE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I MEAN IF YOU LOOK ON SOCIAL
MEDIA WHEN JENNINGS GOES AFTER
THE LIBS AS HE SAYS IT GETS A
(10:49):
LOT OF TRACTION AND HE IS SEEN
AS A CONSISTENT VOICE FOR THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
IN THOSE SITUATIONS.
SO, YEAH, I MEAN HE COULD
DEFINITELY MAKE SOME IMPACT
THERE AND BE SEEN AS TRUMP'S
CANDIDATE SHOULD TRUMP ENDORSE
HIM ESPECIALLY.
AND JANET, WAS THIS A
(11:09):
HINT?
WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT
SOMETHING POSTED ON X BY
JENNINGS TODAY.
AND THERE HE IS WITH THE
PRESIDENT ON AIR FORCE ONE WITH
SOME KIND OF BLURRED OUT
PICTURE.
AND HE SEEMS TO BE MAKING A
REFERENCE TO SOMETHING BIG IS
ABOUT TO HAPPEN.
>> YEAH.
CERTAINLY CRYPTIC.
IF THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY ARE
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HINTING AT, THEN THEY ARE
PLAYING GAMES.
BUT I FEEL LIKE THE PRESIDENT
DOES LIKE TO THROW THESE
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES TOGETHER
AND SEE THEM KIND OF SCRAP AND
SEE IF HE SEES SOMETHING HE
LIKES.
AND THEY ARE ALL
ACCORDING --
(11:51):
COURTING TRUMP DANIEL CAMERON
WENT ON NEWS MAX AND NOTED THAT
HE ENDORSED PRESIDENT TRUMP BACK
IN 2023 HE SAID BEFORE OTHERS
DID.
AND THAT HE SUPPORTS HIM NOW AND
HIS AGENDA.
>> AND PRESIDENT TRUMP ENDORSED
DANIEL CAMERON AS A CANDIDATE
WHEN RUNNING FOR ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
BUT ALSO AS A NOMINEE NOR
GOVERNOR.
(12:11):
SO I GUESS TIME WILL TELL AND
WE'LL TALK ABOUT ANDY BARR HERE
SHORTLY.
DANIEL CAMERON IS COURTING THAT
TRUMP ENDORSEMENT AND ALMOST
EVERY FEW SENTENCES THERE IS A
TRUMP REFERENCE ON HOW HE IS
READY TO BACK THE AMERICA FIRST
AGENDA AND PRIORITIES.
AND SAYS HE IS FULLY ALIGNED
100% WITH ALL THE ITEMS THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ON THE TABLE
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HE IS WANTING TO VOTE AND CAST
VOTES ON THOSE AS A SENATOR.
BARR CIRCULATED
ENDORSEMENTS.
FORMER STATE MAJORITY LEADER
DAMON THAYER AND MARK METCALF
AMONG THE TWO THAT WERE FIRST IN
LINE FOR BARR.
THEN HE ALSO WROTE AN OP-ED
REPOSTED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP
ABOUT THE FIRST 100 DAYS OF THE
(12:53):
ADMINISTRATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS LIKE A
TRICKY CARD GAME TO FIGURE OUT
WHO COULD COME OUT ON TOP WITH
TRUMP SUPPORT.
>> THIS EARLY, YOU THINK THE
ELECTION IS COMING UP IN A
COUPLE WEEKS YOU COULD SEE ADS
RUNNING ON DERBY DAY AND AFTER
TO GET THE NAME RECOGNITION FROM
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ANDY BARR WHO HAS $5 MILLION IN
THE BANK READY TO PUT TOWARDS A
CAMPAIGN.
DANIEL CAMERON HE RAISED AROUND
$500,000 DURING THAT FIRST
QUARTER OF BEING A CANDIDATE.
BUT THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO GET
THEIR NAME OUT THERE RIGHT NOW
AND MAINTAIN IT FOR A FULL YEAR
WE'LL SEE WHO HAS THE MOST STEAM
IN THE PROCESS.
RUSS, WHAT WILL VOTERS
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IN EASTERN KENTUCKY BE LOOKING
FOR?
ISSUES THAT WILL GET MORE
ATTENTION THERE THAN THEY MIGHT
STATE-WIDE?
>> YEAH, I MEAN THERE ARE
OBVIOUSLY CERTAIN ISSUES.
BUT I THINK THE BIG THING THAT
VOTERS IN EASTERN KENTUCKY WILL
BE LOOKING FOR IS SOMEONE THAT
SEES THIS AREA AS A CONSTITUENCY
AND NOT JUST AN WILL BE TORL
(13:54):
VOTING MAP.
ELECTORAL VOTING MAP.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE SEATS THAT THE
PERSON REALLY HAS TO MAKE AN
EFFORT TO TOUCH EASTERN
KENTUCKY.
SO WE DEFINITELY WANT SOMEONE
WHO KNOWS OUR ISSUES.
AND IS WILLING TO FIGHT FOR THEM
IN WASHINGTON D.C.
(14:15):
YOU ESSENTIALLY HAVE TO
BE BACK TO JOHN SHERMAN COOPER
TO HAVE A CONNECTION TO EASTERN
KENTUCKY.
WOULD ROCKY ADKINS GET STRONG
SUPPORT IN EASTERN KENTUCKY IF
HE WERE TO ENTER ON THE
DEMOCRATIC SIDE?
>> IT'S POSSIBLE THERE ARE A LOT
OF VARIABLES AT THAT TIME GO
INTO IT.
I LOOKED AT THE 2019 PRIMARY
(14:35):
RESULTS AND ROCKY CAME OUT VERY
STRONG AGAINST BESHEAR IN OUR
FOUR COUNTIES AND HE MAINTAINS
THAT POPULARITY THE AND WHEN
GOVERNOR BESHEAR CROSSES THE
WINCHESTER WALL ROCKY IS WITH
HIM.
HE MAINTAINED THAT POPULARITY.
THERE IS A CONCERN OVER THE AGE
OF CANDIDATES AND THE AGE OF
(14:57):
PEOPLE THAT ARE SERVING THAT
COULD GO AGAINST ROCKY.
HE IS ALSO GOING TO BE FACING AN
ELECTORAL MAP THAT DOESN'T LOOK
LIKE ANY HE HAS RUN IN BECAUSE
OF THE NUMBER OF REPUBLICANS
VERSUS DEMOCRATS THE
REGISTRATION IN MOST OF OUR
COUNTIES.
THERE WERE WOULD BE A
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PRIMARY.
PAMELA STEVENSON IS IN THAT RACE
ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE.
ARE YOU HEARING ANYTHING ABOUT
NATE MORRIS THE BUSINESSMAN WHO
TEASED A POSSIBLE RUN.
>> IT IS A WAIT-AND-SEE APPROACH
AND WORKING TO SEE GET THE
FEELERS OUT THERE.
KENTUCKY'S TWO SENATORS
VOTED TO BLOCK PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
TARIFFS THAT MOVE DID NOT PASS.
BUT SENATOR PAUL EXPLAINED WHY
(15:38):
HE IS OPPOSING THE TARIFFS.
>> THE RULE BY ONE MAN EVEN A
PRESIDENT I LIKE, LOOK, I'M
SUPPORTIVE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP,
EVEN THOUGH I'M SUPPORTIVE I'M
NOT SUPPORTIVE OF LETTING HIM
HAVE UNCHECKED POWER THAT IS NOT
CONTROLLED BY CONGRESS.
JANET, SENATOR PAUL
SEEMS TO HAVE TWO CONCERNS
THERE, THE TARIFFS AND
(16:00):
PRESIDENTIAL POWER.
>> YEAH.
HE DOESN'T LIKE THE TARIFFS HE
CALLED THE TARIFFS HIGHER TAXES.
AND HE HAS CALLED IT TAXATION
WITHOUT REPRESENTATION.
AND HE SAID THAT TRUMP'S ACTIONS
WERE TEAR ANY.
AND --
TYRANNY.
AND HE CALLED CONGRESS SAID THEY
WERE ACTING THERE WAS COWARDESS
(16:24):
THAT THEY WERE NOT STANDING UP
FOR THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL
PREROGATIVE OF PUTTING ON A
TARIFF.
I THINK HE WAS QUITE HARSH BUT
HE HAS FACED BACKLASH OVER THIS.
AS WE GAUGE IMPACT
U.P.S. HAS A MAJOR PRESENCE IN
LOUISVILLE WITH THE WORLD PORT
FACILITY WITH THOUSANDS OF
EMPLOYEES.
U.P.S. IS PLANNING 20,000
(16:46):
LAYOFFS DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY.
DO WE GET A SENSE OF THE
POSSIBLE IMPACT IN LOUISVILLE?
>> NOT YET.
U.P.S. HAS NOT SHARED A LOT OF
DETAILS ABOUT THE FULL PLANS.
BUT THEY DID SHARE IN PUBLIC
STATEMENTS THAT THE COMPANY HAS
NOT PROVIDED DETAILS.
THEY WOULD NOT PROVIDE DETAILS
UNTIL ALL EMPLOYEES WERE
NOTIFIED.
(17:06):
U.P.S. THEY ARE LARGEST EMPLOYER
IN METRO LOUISVILLE AREA.
TIME WILL TELL ON THAT.
KEEP WATCH ON THAT.
ALTHOUGH ONE, OF COURSE IS TOO
MANY IN THIS CASE, BUT
KENTUCKY'S DRUG OVERDOSES DID
TAKE A STEEP DROP LAST YEAR.
DOWN BY NEARLY A THIRD.
GOVERNOR BESHEAR TALKED ABOUT
THAT PROGRESS.
>> Gov. Andy Beshear (17:25):
THIS AREA
OF THE COUNTRY GOT HIT THE
HARDEST AND WE LOST THE MOST
CERTAINLY PER CAPITA.
SO TODAY'S NEWS SHOULD BE VERY
MEANINGFUL TO ALL KENTUCKIANS
AND IT OUGHT TO TELL US AN
EPIDEMIC THAT AROSE IN OUR TIME
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DEFEAT IN
OUR TIME.
>> Bill (17:44):
RUSS, STILL, MORE THAN
1400 LIVES WERE LOST AND WE
CERTAINLY UNDERLINE THAT.
ISN'T THERE NOW MEASURABLE
PROGRESS IN DRUG OVERDOSE?
>> THERE IS.
YOU SAID IT YOURSELF, ONE IS TOO
MANY.
IT'S A BITTERSWEET VICTORY.
IN OUR FOUR COUNTY AREA WE DID
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SEE AN AVERAGE OF 50% DECREASE
IN THE NUMBER OF OVERDOSES.
STILL, YET, WE'VE LOST ABOUT 50
PEOPLE.
TO OVERDOSES.
SO IT'S KIND OF ONE OF THOSE
THINGS WE CAN SAY YES WE'RE GLAD
THE NUMBERS ARE LESS BUT WE ALSO
NEED TO SAY HOW DO WE GET THE
NUMBERS DOWN AND KEEP THEM GOING
DOWN.
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AGAIN, IT'S WORTH REPEATING, ONE
IS TOO MANY.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE
FINDING A WAY TO KEEP THE FOOT
ON THE PEDAL IS GOING TO BE VERY
IMPORTANT?
>> THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
THE NARCAN PROGRAMS, THE
DISTRIBUTION PROGRAMS ARE HEAVY
IN OUR AREA.
AND KEEPING THOSE GOING.
FINDING WAYS TO REACH OUT TO
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PEOPLE.
AND ENSURE THAT THEY ARE IN A
SAFE AS POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENT, I
GUESS, TO DO.
ALL THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO
MATTER IN MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN
SAVING LIVES.
THE TREND CONTINUES.
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY PRESIDENT
Dr. ELI CAPILOUTO IS
EXPLAINING WHY THE SCHOOL HAS
TAKEN STEPS REASONABLY IN A
(19:07):
COMMUNICATION TO CAMPUS AND
BEYOND CAPILOUTO TALKS ABOUT
PROTECTING U.K.'S FINANCIAL
FOOTING.
AND SAYS EVERY PART OF THE
UNIVERSITY IS UNDER WHAT HE
CALLS A STRESS AND SCRUTINY.
U.K. CANCELED SPECIAL GRADUATION
OBSERVANCES FOR LGBTQ, BLACK AND
FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE
STUDENTS.
CAPILOUTO SAYS IT WAS TO COMPLY
(19:27):
WITH FEDERAL AND STATE MANDATES.
>> CANCELING CELEBRATIONS FOR
PEOPLE ON OUR CAMPUS, WHO HAVE
NOT ALWAYS SEEN THEMSELVES IN
OUR BROADER COMMUNITY IS ONE
EXAMPLE.
WE HAVE TAKEN THAT ACTION
BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT
IS REQUIRED.
AND WE BELIEVE COMPLYING WITH
(19:48):
THE LAW IS THE BEST WAY TO
PROTECT OUR PEOPLE AND OUR
CONTINUED CAPACITY TO SUPPORT
THEM.
JANET, HERE YOU HAVE
CAPILOUTO MAKING IT CLEAR HE
UNDERSTANDS THE WAY MANY PEOPLE
FEEL ABOUT THE RECENT CHANGES
BUT CASTING THE DECISIONS AS
ONES THAT HAD TO BE MADE FOR THE
(20:09):
FINANCIAL GOOD OF THE
UNIVERSITY.
>> RIGHT.
HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN HURT ALREADY BY THESE
CHANGES.
BUT HE SAID THAT BECAUSE OF THE
UNIVERSITY'S RELIANCE ON GRANTS
AND RESEARCH AND THIS IS A MOVE
THAT HE FELT LIKE THEY HAD TO
TAKE TO PROTECT THE GREATER
(20:31):
COMMUNITY.
THAT HIS HAND WAS
FORCED?
>> IT CERTAINLY SEEMS SO.
THERE WAS A DUST UP
THIS WEEK WHEN STATE AUDITOR
ALLISON BALL, A REPUBLICAN,
ACCUSED DEMOCRATS OF TRYING TO
INTIMIDATE HER.
MCKENNA HORSLEY DID THAT STORY
FOR THE LANTERN.
BALL SAID HER OFFICE WAS HIT
(20:53):
WITH OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS AN
ATTEMPT TO DERAIL HER
INVESTIGATION INTO THE MEDICAL
CANNABIS LICENSES.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
RESPONDED SAYING THE REQUESTS
WERE NOT RELATED TO THAT
INVESTIGATION.
BUT THEY DID SEND FIVE VARIOUS
WIDE RANGING REQUESTS TO THE
AUDITOR BALL'S OFFICE.
BUT SHE SAYS THAT GETTING HIT
(21:13):
WITH THE REQUESTS HAD SLOWED THE
PROCESS ON THE CURRENT
INVESTIGATION AND BACK AND FORTH
THERE WAS A DUST UP.
RUSS, LET'S TALK
EASTERN KENTUCKY ISSUES THE
DERBY WEEKEND IS A HUGE TOURISM
DRIVER, PIKEVILLE WRAPPED UP ONE
OF THE STATE'S LARGEST FESTIVALS
(21:35):
HILLBYLY DAYS BACK TO
PREPANDEMIC LEVELS.
>> WE ARE STARTING TO GET BACK.
NOT JUST IN NUMBERS BUT IN
FEELING.
WE HAD TO CANCEL 2020 AND 2021.
BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
BUT YOU KNOW COMING BACK IT'S
FOURTH YEAR IT FEELS LIKE IT'S
COMING BACK TO WHAT IT ONCE WAS
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT'S
(21:56):
HELPING THE CHILDREN WHO ARE
SERVED BY THE SHRINERS HOSPITALS
FOR CHILDREN.
IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS YOU CAN
PARTICIPATE IN AND FEEL GOOD
ABOUT PARTICIPATING BECAUSE YOU
ARE HELPING KIDS ON THE OTHER
END.
AND COUNTIES SET THEIR
BUDGETS FOR THE COMING YEAR AND
MOST OF THE FISCAL YEARS START
ON JULY 1 THEY ARE INTO THE
THICK OF THAT, SEVERANCE IS DOWN
(22:16):
AND FEDERAL EXPENDITURES MAYBE
IN QUESTION.
IS IT A BIG CHALLENGE THIS YEAR
TO FIGURE OUT A SPENDING PLAN?
>> YEAH, I DON'T ENVY ANYBODY
HANDLING COUNTY BUDGET OR SCHOOL
DISTRICT BUDGET RIGHT NOW.
THE PIKE COUNTY FISCAL COURT IS
EXPECTING ABOUT 1.6 MILLION IN
COAL SEVERANCE IN THE COMING
(22:37):
YEAR THEY TALKED ABOUT THIS IN
THE BUDGET.
INTRODUCTION MEETING THE OTHER
DAY.
JUST FOR REFERENCE IN 2009 THE
COUNTY COLLECTED $12.4 MILLION
IN COAL SEVERANCE.
THAT WAS A BIG CHUNK OF THE
BUDGET THAT THE FISCAL COURTS
HAD TO WORK WITH.
AND IT'S NOT LIKE THE CHALLENGES
(22:58):
ARE GETTING LESS.
WE HAVE LESS MONEY TO WORK WITH.
AND THEN WITH THE FEDERAL
FUNDING WE'RE STARTING TO SEE
ISSUES DUE TO CHANGES THAT ARE
OCCURRING THERE.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE SETTLEMENT
SCHOOL NOW THURSDAY TUESDAY WITH
THE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE
SCHOOL READING AND MATH
INTERVENTION PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN
(23:18):
CUT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STARTING TO
SEE THE LITTLE THINGS POP-UP AND
IT'S GOING TO FURTHER EXAS BER
RATE OUR BUDGETS.
AND A HEARTBREAKING
DECISION HAS TO BE MADE.
THE ELEMENTARY WILL BE CLOSING
THE PRINCIPAL CALLED IT THE
LITTLE SCHOOL THAT DOES BIG
THINGS.
HE SAYS IT WILL HAVE TO BE
CALLED THAT DID BIG THINGS.
(23:40):
ALWAYS TOUGH FOR A COMMUNITIES.
>> IT IS BECAUSE IN A LOT OF
PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT
THESE SCHOOLS DO MEAN TO THE
COMMUNITIES.
WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF
CONSOLIDATION AND WHILE IT IS
NECESSARY, IT DOESN'T HURT ANY
LESS.
SORE UNVEILED A RUNWAY
(24:01):
PROGRAM AN OUTREACH FROM THE
GROUP THAT CHALLENGES APPALACHIA
TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE
AND HELP THEM MAKE THEIR DREAMS
A REALITY.
>> YES.
ANY PROGRAM, I MEAN RIGHT NOW,
THAT CAN COME IN WITH SOURCES OF
FUNDING ESPECIALLY PRIVATE
FUNDING AND THINGS OF THAT
NATURE IS WELCOME BECAUSE,
AGAIN, EASTERN KENTUCKY'S
(24:22):
CHALLENGES AREN'T GOING AWAY
BECAUSE FUNDING IS GOING AWAY.
WE HAVE TO FIND DIFFERENT WAYS
TO FUND IT.
JANET KIM DAVIS WANTS
THE U.S. SUPREME COURT TO DECIDE
IF THE FIRST AMENDMENT SHOULD
PROTECT HER AFTER SHE REFUSED TO
ISSUE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LICENSES
BACK IN 2015 A STORY AROUND FOR
A DECADE NOW.
>> IT IS AMAZING.
(24:43):
SHE LOST AGAIN AN APPEAL AT THE
SIXTH CIRCUIT.
WHETHER OR NOT SHE HAS TO PAY
DAMAGES AND SHE HAS 90 DAYS TO
APPEAL TO THE U.S. SUPREME
COURT.
LEGAL EXPERTS SEEM TO THINK IT
IS UNLIKELY THAT THIS WOULD BE
TAKEN UP AND OVERTURNED THE
DECISION.
YOU'VE WORKED UP A
(25:03):
MOTHER'S DAY BOURBON GIFT GUIDE.
>> YES, I HAVE.
BECAUSE MOTHERS LIKE BOURBON.
THIS IS NOT A SHOCK TO ANYONE.
IN KENTUCKY, I WOULD HOPE.
BUT, YES, I BROUGHT A LITTLE
SAMPLER BOX THAT ONE OF THE
DISTILLERIES THAT OPENED.
AND I HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING
QUICK I MISSPOKE IN THE HORSE IS
(25:25):
RENDERED JUDGMENT.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO
WATCH AFTER THE DERBY?
PARTICULARLY THE SENATE RACE
GETS ROLLING?
>> TO SEE THE ENDORSEMENTS KEEP
ROLLING OUT FROM THE ANDY BARR
SIDE OF THINGS AND THEN DANIEL
CAMERON A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
WATCHING HOW MUCH MONEY HE CAN
RAISE IN THE NEXT CYCLE BUT HIS
NUMBERS ACCORDING TO SOME WERE
NOT TOO HIGH.
(25:46):
WATCHING CAMPAIGN FUNDRAISING
NUMBERS FOR DANIEL CAMERON AND
WHO KEEPS ENDORSING ANDY BARR.
AND KEEP WATCH ON THE
SIXTH DISTRICT RACE AND HOW
CROWDED THAT GETS TO REPLACE
BARR WHO IS MOVING ON FROM THAT
SEAT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
WESTERN KENTUCKY PROSECUTOR IS
REMEMBERED MICHAEL STACY WAS
COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY FOR
BALLARD, CARLISLE, FULTON AND
(26:09):
HICKMAN COUNTIES.
HE WAS KILLED IN A CAR ACCIDENT
THIS WEEK.
ATTORNEY GENERAL RUSSELL COLEMAN
CALLS STACY TOUGH AND FAIR AND
NOTED HE WAS RESPECTED BY HIS
COLLEAGUES.
THAT IS "COMMENT ON KENTUCKY" WE
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND
HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD WEEK AHEAD.
[♪♪]
>> Bill (00:08):
KENTUCKY DERBY WEEKEND
IN KENTUCKY AS THE EYES OF THE
WORLD SHIFT OUR WAY.
INTRIGUE IN KENTUCKY'S OPEN U.S.
SENATE RACE AS CANDIDATES AND
WOULD BE CANDIDATES JOCKEY FOR
POSITION.
WHAT IMPACT IS FEDERAL COST
CUTTING HAVING ON KENTUCKY AND
THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE?
DRUG OVERDOSES TAKE A DRAMATIC
DROP IN KENTUCKY.
(00:28):
AS THE CELEBRITIES ARRIVE FOR
THE DERBY, COMMENT IS NEXT ON
KET.
[♪♪]
>> Announcer (00:43):
GOOD EVENING I'M
BILL BRYANT
>> Bill (00:51):
THE WEEK'S NEWS IN THE
COMMONWEALTH AND THE GUESTS ON
OUR PANEL OF WORKING KENTUCKY
JOURNALISTS TONIGHT ARE, JANET
PATTON, REPORTER FOR THE
LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER.
MARIO ANDERSON, ANCHOR AND HOST
OF IN FOCUS KENTUCKY ON SPECTRUM
NEWS 1 AND JOINING US ON SCAPE
IS RUSS CASSADY REGIONAL EDITOR
OF APPALACHIAN NEWSPAPERS.
(01:11):
A LITTLE BIT AGO GOOD CHEER WON
THE KENTUCKY OAKS AS DERBY
WEEKEND IS UNDERWAY.
WEATHER COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER.
BUT THIS REALLY IS KENTUCKY'S
MOMENT TO SHINE?
>> DO A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND THE
WORLD, THIS IS I ONLY HORSERACE
THAT EXISTS IN AMERICA.
THIS IS THE ONLY ONE THEY KNOW.
(01:33):
AND THIS IS ONE OF LIKE THREE
THINGS THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT
KENTUCKY.
THE DERBY, FRIED CHICKEN WHICH
WE CAN TALK ABOUT ANOTHER TIME
AND MAYBE A HANDFUL OF OTHER
THINGS.
THIS IS OUR BEST FACE FORWARD.
THEY WANT TO SEE THE PRETTY
DRESSES, THE FLOWERS, THE
BEAUTIFUL HORSES.
YEAH, IT'S WHEN WE LOOK OUR
(01:54):
BEST.
DO YOU THINK ALL THE
ATTENTION MAYBE WORTH MORE THAN
THE ACTUAL DOLLARS THAT BETTORS
WILL PUT DOWN AND TOURIST ALSO
SPEND?
>> IT'S WORTH A LOT AND GOVERNOR
BESHEAR ELUDED TO THAT HE TALKED
ABOUT HAVING COMPANIES THAT COME
HERE AND THEY WINE AND DINE THEM
(02:14):
AT THE DERBY.
FORD WAS ONE OF THEM AND THEY
SEE THIS AND WANT TO COME TO
KENTUCKY.
>> .
YOU BROUGHT PROPS
TONIGHT.
>> I BROUGHT A DERBY GLASS AND
THIS IS --
>> $22 FOR A MINT JULIP.
YOU CAN MAKE ONE AT HOME AND BUY
THIS GLASS FOR FIVE BUCKS AT
(02:36):
KROGER RIGHT NOW.
YOU'RE TELLING SECRETS.
THE CELEBRITIES POUR IN FOR THE
DERBY AND WE'VE SEEN THAT AND
MANY ARE AT PARTIES TONIGHT IN
LOUISVILLE AND WILL BE OVER THE
WEEKEND.
>> WE HAVE SPORTS AND COUNTRY
MUSIC NAMES SIMON BILES THE
GREATEST GYM NEWSCAST
(02:59):
PARTICULARS
AND SIMONE BILES WILL BE CALLING
RIDERS UP FOR THE DERBY
TOMORROW.
YOU SPOKE WITH THE
KENTUCKY SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
OSBORNE ABOUT THE DERBY IMPACT
AND HE IS A HORSEMAN HIMSELF.
>> HE IS.
HIS DAY-TO-DAY WORK HE PREFERS
BEING IN HIS COWBOY BOOTS AND
(03:21):
GENES.
DAVID OSBORNE IS IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE FOURTH TERM IN FRANKFORT
HE OWNS A THOROUGHBRED BREEDING
ON INDICATION IN OLDHAM COUNTY.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT HOW BIG OF
AN ECONOMIC DRIVER THE KENTUCKY
DERBY AND THE THOROUGHBRED
INDUSTRY IS IN OUR STATE AND THE
ECONOMIC IMPACT IS $400 MILLION
(03:42):
FOR OUR STATE.
WHEN YOU FACTOR IN THE EQUEEN
INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE THAT IS $6.5
BILLION AND 60,000 JOBS HERE IN
KENTUCKY.
DESPITE ALL THE PRIDE
SURROUNDING THE DERBY AND ALL
THE EVENS, THERE ARE SOME
CONCERNS THAT ARE CREEPING INTO
CONVERSATIONS THIS YEAR.
CHURCHILL DOWNS DECIDED TO
(04:03):
TEMPORARILY SUSAN EXPANSION
PROJECT.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
THEY ANNOUNCED IN FEBRUARY, $900
MILLION PLUS PROJECT THAT WAS
GOING TO CHANGE A LOT TEMPORARY
SEATING INTO PERMANENT SEATING.
A BIG MULTIYEAR THING AND THEY
SAID BECAUSE OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S TARIFFS THEY NOW HAD NO
ABILITY TO FORECAST EXACTLY WHAT
(04:23):
THE PRICES OF MATERIALS WOULD
COST.
SO THEY ARE DELAYING THAT.
AND THEY'VE ALSO SEEN
UNCERTAINTY IN TERMS OF BETTING
IS SOFTENING IN SOME AREAS AND
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE.
>> AND THE WEATHER AND PUSHING
IT BACK.
AND MARIO IT WAS
(04:43):
DIFFICULT FOR LOUISVILLE TO GET
READY FOR THE DERBY AFTER THE
EARLY APRIL FLOODING.
AND EVEN SOME TROUBLES DURING
THE DERBY WEEK.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
A LOT OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
HISTORIC FLOODING FROM AIRPORT.
IMPACTING THE BANKS OF THE OHIO
RIVER IN THE LOUISVILLE AREA
CANCELED,000 CUSTOMER OVER
LOUISVILLE WHICH HAS 625 PEOPLE
(05:05):
A YEAR TO WATCH FIREWORKS AND
THE AIRSHOW.
ALSO THE DERBY FESTIVAL EVENTS
IN LOUISVILLE, TWO WEEKS LEADING
UP TO THE DERBY.
SEVERAL WERE PUSHED BACK OR
CANCELED OR RESCHEDULED DUE TO
THE WEATHER.
AND YES, SLOPPY TRACKS DURING
CHURCHILL DOWNS RACE SEASON THAT
IS THE THEME OF THIS PARTICULAR
SPRING SEASON RIGHT NOW.
BUT, AGAIN, THEY ARE OFF TO THE
(05:27):
RACES WITH THEIR SPRING MEET
CONTINUING NOW DESPITE THE
WEATHER WE'VE HAD.
RUSS, JOINING IN YOUR
DERBY EVE PEACH SHIRT WHICH WE
APPRECIATE, THE DERBY REALLY IS
A STATE-WIDE EVENT.
WE KNOW THE PEOPLE GATHER AND
CELEBRATE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES
AND PARTIES ARE HELD AND THERE
IS AN EVENT IN PRESTONSBURG.
(05:49):
THE EXCITEMENT DOES EXTEND TO
EVERY CORNER OF THE STATE?
>> IT DOES.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE RITES OF
SPRING HERE IN THE EAST WE HAVE
HILLBILLY DATES AND THEN THE
DERBY AND PEOPLE WANT TO
PARTICIPATE IN A SMALL WAY IN
THE PAGEANTRY THAT IS THE DERBY.
IT IS KENTUCKY.
WE ARE PART OF KENTUCKY.
(06:10):
SO, YEAH, THERE'S SOME EVENTS
THAT POPPED UP IN HAZARD AND
APPALACHIAN ARTS LOTS THERE.
AND AN EVENT THAT GAINED
POPULARITY.
PEOPLE REALLY DO WANT TO PLAY A
ROLE IN THIS AND BE A PART OF
THIS MASSIVE PART OF KENTUCKY.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
RACE ITSELF.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF
(06:31):
CONNECTIONS TO FORMER GOVERNOR
BURTON JONES.
>> THERE ARE TWO HORSES IN THE
RACE PUBLISHER AND CHUNK OF GOLD
THAT HE BRED.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE A NICE
SEN MENTAL TOUCH IF THE LATE
GOVERNOR HAD A HORSE WIN THE
DERBY.
THERE ARE OTHER LOCAL
(06:53):
CONNECTIONS.
KENNY McPEEK WHO WON LAST YEAR
MADE IT IN.
IT COULD HAPPEN WE COULD HAVE A
LOCAL DERBY.
>> BOB IS BACK.
>> ALTHOUGH ONE OF HIS HORSES IS
SCRATCHED.
HE HAS ONE IN.
AND THERE IS A HORSE
NAME JOURNALISM IN THE RUNNING
IT WAS THE FAVORITE I'M NOT SURE
WHERE THAT IS RIGHT NOW.
THAT SORT OF EXCITING FOR THOSE
(07:14):
OF US IN THIS PRO SPHETION.
>> JOURNALISM CAN ALWAYS IN THIS
DAY AND AGE USE A WIN.
IS THAT YOUR PICK
MARIO?
>> OF COURSE IT IS THE HORSE IS
KNOWN FOR ITS CONSISTENTSY AND
WE LIKE TO BE CONSISTENT IN OUR
WORK AS WELL.
JANET PICKED THE WINNER
LAST YEAR.
WE HAVE JANET ON THIS IS HER
(07:36):
BEAT AREA.
SO DO YOU HAVE A PICK THIS TIME
AROUND?
>> GOSH I WISH I COULD SAY YES.
I LOVE JOURNALISM I LOVE SAND
MAN'S BEAUTIFUL.
THAT COULD BE A TOUGH ONE.
JOURNALISM.
>> BIG J.
>> AND RUSS YOUR PICK?
>> I WILL PICK JOURNALISM.
(07:58):
I'VE GOT TO.
I WILL GO WITH YOU ON
THAT, TOO.
THE DERBY IS ALSO A CHANCE TO
SEE AND BE SEEN INCLUDING AMONG
THE POLITICIANS AND ANDY BARR
NOW IN THE RUNNING FOR THE
SENATE LET IT BE KNOWN HE WAS
GOING TO OAKS UNDERBY AND
REPORTERS COULD TALK TO HIM IF
THEY CHOSE.
SO MARIO IT IS A GOOD CHANCE TO
DO RETAIL CAMPAIGNING.
(08:18):
I KNOW THAT DANIEL CAMERON WAS
THERE AS WELL.
>> MANY POLITICIANS THE STATE
LEVEL AND ALSO ON THE FEDERAL
LEVEL THE CONGRESS MEMBERS THEY
COME BACK BACK TO KENTUCKY AND
HAVE SUITES AND ARE HOSTING
DONORS, CONTRIBUTORS, PEOPLE
THAT THEY WANT TO GET IN FRONT
OF (08:36):
THE BUSINESS OWNERS.
HANDSHAKING, BACK SLAPPING
HELLOS AND CAN I GET AN
ENDORSEMENT FROM YOU OR
POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO MY
CAMPAIGN.
AND AGAIN, THE GOVERNOR ANDY
BESHEAR HE HAS HIS OWN GUESTS HE
IS BRINGING IN.
A LOT OF THEM VARIOUS INDUSTRIES
AND THE MAYOR OF LOUISVILLE HE
PUBLISHES HIS GUEST LIST WHO HE
(08:57):
IS INVITING.
THE GOAL IS TO LOOK FOR
SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE AFTER
DERBY.
>> Bill (09:02):
NOW, THERE'S A WILDCARD
IN THE SENATE RACE THIS WEEK,
TELEVISION COMMENTATOR SCOTT
JENNINGS WHO HAS BEEN MENTIONED
AS A POSSIBLE CANDIDATE FOR THE
McCONNELL SEAT APPEARED ON
STAGE IN MICHIGAN WITH PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
>> DON'T WORRY WE'LL TAKE CARE
OF YOU SCOTT.
SCOTT JENNINGS REALLY GREAT.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
(09:26):
MICHIGAN, WE WERE FLYING IN HERE
TODAY AND I SAID LOOK AT THESE
FARMS.
I GOT TO GET A FARM IN MICHIGAN
BECAUSE WHEN YOU OWN AS MANY AS
I DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PLACE TO
PUT THEM ALL.
ALL RIGHT.
WE HEARD NOTHING ABOUT A SENATE
RUN BUT IT CERTAINLY GOT PEOPLE
TALKING ABOUT JENNINGS APPEARING
WITH THE PRESIDENT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
(09:47):
THE PRESIDENT SAID THE WORDS
WE'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU SCOTT WHO
KNOWS WHAT THAT MEANS.
SCOTT JENNINGS IS FROM WESTERN
KENTUCKY AREA IN DAWSON SPRINGS
HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED WITH RUNS
WHICH PR CREATED THAT AGENCY OUT
OF LOUISVILLE WORKING ON
CAMPAIGN ADVERTISEMENTS AND
MAILERS FOR REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATES FROM VARIOUS STAGES
(10:07):
AND ALSO HE WORKED ON THE
FEDERAL LEVEL WITH FORMER
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH AS HIS
POLITICAL DIRECTOR AND HAS CLOSE
TIES TO MITCH McCONNELL THAT
IS HOW HE GOT HIS START IN THE
INDUSTRY.
HE HAS A DAILY PRESENCE ON "CNN"
AND IS THE CONSERVATIVE VOICE ON
THEIR PROGRAMMING.
SO WE'LL SEE WHAT IS IN THE
(10:28):
CARDS THAT'S BEEN TEASED.
JENNINGS DOES THAT
PRESENCE, RUSS, GIVE JENNINGS UP
IN EASTERN KENTUCKY THE SAME
KIND OF NAME IDENTITY THAT HE
WOULD HAVE EVERYWHERE ELSE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I MEAN IF YOU LOOK ON SOCIAL
MEDIA WHEN JENNINGS GOES AFTER
THE LIBS AS HE SAYS IT GETS A
(10:49):
LOT OF TRACTION AND HE IS SEEN
AS A CONSISTENT VOICE FOR THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
IN THOSE SITUATIONS.
SO, YEAH, I MEAN HE COULD
DEFINITELY MAKE SOME IMPACT
THERE AND BE SEEN AS TRUMP'S
CANDIDATE SHOULD TRUMP ENDORSE
HIM ESPECIALLY.
AND JANET, WAS THIS A
(11:09):
HINT?
WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT
SOMETHING POSTED ON X BY
JENNINGS TODAY.
AND THERE HE IS WITH THE
PRESIDENT ON AIR FORCE ONE WITH
SOME KIND OF BLURRED OUT
PICTURE.
AND HE SEEMS TO BE MAKING A
REFERENCE TO SOMETHING BIG IS
ABOUT TO HAPPEN.
>> YEAH.
CERTAINLY CRYPTIC.
IF THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY ARE
(11:31):
HINTING AT, THEN THEY ARE
PLAYING GAMES.
BUT I FEEL LIKE THE PRESIDENT
DOES LIKE TO THROW THESE
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES TOGETHER
AND SEE THEM KIND OF SCRAP AND
SEE IF HE SEES SOMETHING HE
LIKES.
AND THEY ARE ALL
ACCORDING --
(11:51):
COURTING TRUMP DANIEL CAMERON
WENT ON NEWS MAX AND NOTED THAT
HE ENDORSED PRESIDENT TRUMP BACK
IN 2023 HE SAID BEFORE OTHERS
DID.
AND THAT HE SUPPORTS HIM NOW AND
HIS AGENDA.
>> AND PRESIDENT TRUMP ENDORSED
DANIEL CAMERON AS A CANDIDATE
WHEN RUNNING FOR ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
BUT ALSO AS A NOMINEE NOR
GOVERNOR.
(12:11):
SO I GUESS TIME WILL TELL AND
WE'LL TALK ABOUT ANDY BARR HERE
SHORTLY.
DANIEL CAMERON IS COURTING THAT
TRUMP ENDORSEMENT AND ALMOST
EVERY FEW SENTENCES THERE IS A
TRUMP REFERENCE ON HOW HE IS
READY TO BACK THE AMERICA FIRST
AGENDA AND PRIORITIES.
AND SAYS HE IS FULLY ALIGNED
100% WITH ALL THE ITEMS THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ON THE TABLE
(12:32):
HE IS WANTING TO VOTE AND CAST
VOTES ON THOSE AS A SENATOR.
BARR CIRCULATED
ENDORSEMENTS.
FORMER STATE MAJORITY LEADER
DAMON THAYER AND MARK METCALF
AMONG THE TWO THAT WERE FIRST IN
LINE FOR BARR.
THEN HE ALSO WROTE AN OP-ED
REPOSTED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP
ABOUT THE FIRST 100 DAYS OF THE
(12:53):
ADMINISTRATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS LIKE A
TRICKY CARD GAME TO FIGURE OUT
WHO COULD COME OUT ON TOP WITH
TRUMP SUPPORT.
>> THIS EARLY, YOU THINK THE
ELECTION IS COMING UP IN A
COUPLE WEEKS YOU COULD SEE ADS
RUNNING ON DERBY DAY AND AFTER
TO GET THE NAME RECOGNITION FROM
(13:14):
ANDY BARR WHO HAS $5 MILLION IN
THE BANK READY TO PUT TOWARDS A
CAMPAIGN.
DANIEL CAMERON HE RAISED AROUND
$500,000 DURING THAT FIRST
QUARTER OF BEING A CANDIDATE.
BUT THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO GET
THEIR NAME OUT THERE RIGHT NOW
AND MAINTAIN IT FOR A FULL YEAR
WE'LL SEE WHO HAS THE MOST STEAM
IN THE PROCESS.
RUSS, WHAT WILL VOTERS
(13:34):
IN EASTERN KENTUCKY BE LOOKING
FOR?
ISSUES THAT WILL GET MORE
ATTENTION THERE THAN THEY MIGHT
STATE-WIDE?
>> YEAH, I MEAN THERE ARE
OBVIOUSLY CERTAIN ISSUES.
BUT I THINK THE BIG THING THAT
VOTERS IN EASTERN KENTUCKY WILL
BE LOOKING FOR IS SOMEONE THAT
SEES THIS AREA AS A CONSTITUENCY
AND NOT JUST AN WILL BE TORL
(13:54):
VOTING MAP.
ELECTORAL VOTING MAP.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE SEATS THAT THE
PERSON REALLY HAS TO MAKE AN
EFFORT TO TOUCH EASTERN
KENTUCKY.
SO WE DEFINITELY WANT SOMEONE
WHO KNOWS OUR ISSUES.
AND IS WILLING TO FIGHT FOR THEM
IN WASHINGTON D.C.
(14:15):
YOU ESSENTIALLY HAVE TO
BE BACK TO JOHN SHERMAN COOPER
TO HAVE A CONNECTION TO EASTERN
KENTUCKY.
WOULD ROCKY ADKINS GET STRONG
SUPPORT IN EASTERN KENTUCKY IF
HE WERE TO ENTER ON THE
DEMOCRATIC SIDE?
>> IT'S POSSIBLE THERE ARE A LOT
OF VARIABLES AT THAT TIME GO
INTO IT.
I LOOKED AT THE 2019 PRIMARY
(14:35):
RESULTS AND ROCKY CAME OUT VERY
STRONG AGAINST BESHEAR IN OUR
FOUR COUNTIES AND HE MAINTAINS
THAT POPULARITY THE AND WHEN
GOVERNOR BESHEAR CROSSES THE
WINCHESTER WALL ROCKY IS WITH
HIM.
HE MAINTAINED THAT POPULARITY.
THERE IS A CONCERN OVER THE AGE
OF CANDIDATES AND THE AGE OF
(14:57):
PEOPLE THAT ARE SERVING THAT
COULD GO AGAINST ROCKY.
HE IS ALSO GOING TO BE FACING AN
ELECTORAL MAP THAT DOESN'T LOOK
LIKE ANY HE HAS RUN IN BECAUSE
OF THE NUMBER OF REPUBLICANS
VERSUS DEMOCRATS THE
REGISTRATION IN MOST OF OUR
COUNTIES.
THERE WERE WOULD BE A
(15:17):
PRIMARY.
PAMELA STEVENSON IS IN THAT RACE
ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE.
ARE YOU HEARING ANYTHING ABOUT
NATE MORRIS THE BUSINESSMAN WHO
TEASED A POSSIBLE RUN.
>> IT IS A WAIT-AND-SEE APPROACH
AND WORKING TO SEE GET THE
FEELERS OUT THERE.
KENTUCKY'S TWO SENATORS
VOTED TO BLOCK PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
TARIFFS THAT MOVE DID NOT PASS.
BUT SENATOR PAUL EXPLAINED WHY
(15:38):
HE IS OPPOSING THE TARIFFS.
>> THE RULE BY ONE MAN EVEN A
PRESIDENT I LIKE, LOOK, I'M
SUPPORTIVE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP,
EVEN THOUGH I'M SUPPORTIVE I'M
NOT SUPPORTIVE OF LETTING HIM
HAVE UNCHECKED POWER THAT IS NOT
CONTROLLED BY CONGRESS.
JANET, SENATOR PAUL
SEEMS TO HAVE TWO CONCERNS
THERE, THE TARIFFS AND
(16:00):
PRESIDENTIAL POWER.
>> YEAH.
HE DOESN'T LIKE THE TARIFFS HE
CALLED THE TARIFFS HIGHER TAXES.
AND HE HAS CALLED IT TAXATION
WITHOUT REPRESENTATION.
AND HE SAID THAT TRUMP'S ACTIONS
WERE TEAR ANY.
AND --
TYRANNY.
AND HE CALLED CONGRESS SAID THEY
WERE ACTING THERE WAS COWARDESS
(16:24):
THAT THEY WERE NOT STANDING UP
FOR THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL
PREROGATIVE OF PUTTING ON A
TARIFF.
I THINK HE WAS QUITE HARSH BUT
HE HAS FACED BACKLASH OVER THIS.
AS WE GAUGE IMPACT
U.P.S. HAS A MAJOR PRESENCE IN
LOUISVILLE WITH THE WORLD PORT
FACILITY WITH THOUSANDS OF
EMPLOYEES.
U.P.S. IS PLANNING 20,000
(16:46):
LAYOFFS DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY.
DO WE GET A SENSE OF THE
POSSIBLE IMPACT IN LOUISVILLE?
>> NOT YET.
U.P.S. HAS NOT SHARED A LOT OF
DETAILS ABOUT THE FULL PLANS.
BUT THEY DID SHARE IN PUBLIC
STATEMENTS THAT THE COMPANY HAS
NOT PROVIDED DETAILS.
THEY WOULD NOT PROVIDE DETAILS
UNTIL ALL EMPLOYEES WERE
NOTIFIED.
(17:06):
U.P.S. THEY ARE LARGEST EMPLOYER
IN METRO LOUISVILLE AREA.
TIME WILL TELL ON THAT.
KEEP WATCH ON THAT.
ALTHOUGH ONE, OF COURSE IS TOO
MANY IN THIS CASE, BUT
KENTUCKY'S DRUG OVERDOSES DID
TAKE A STEEP DROP LAST YEAR.
DOWN BY NEARLY A THIRD.
GOVERNOR BESHEAR TALKED ABOUT
THAT PROGRESS.
>> Gov. Andy Beshear (17:25):
THIS AREA
OF THE COUNTRY GOT HIT THE
HARDEST AND WE LOST THE MOST
CERTAINLY PER CAPITA.
SO TODAY'S NEWS SHOULD BE VERY
MEANINGFUL TO ALL KENTUCKIANS
AND IT OUGHT TO TELL US AN
EPIDEMIC THAT AROSE IN OUR TIME
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DEFEAT IN
OUR TIME.
>> Bill (17:44):
RUSS, STILL, MORE THAN
1400 LIVES WERE LOST AND WE
CERTAINLY UNDERLINE THAT.
ISN'T THERE NOW MEASURABLE
PROGRESS IN DRUG OVERDOSE?
>> THERE IS.
YOU SAID IT YOURSELF, ONE IS TOO
MANY.
IT'S A BITTERSWEET VICTORY.
IN OUR FOUR COUNTY AREA WE DID
(18:04):
SEE AN AVERAGE OF 50% DECREASE
IN THE NUMBER OF OVERDOSES.
STILL, YET, WE'VE LOST ABOUT 50
PEOPLE.
TO OVERDOSES.
SO IT'S KIND OF ONE OF THOSE
THINGS WE CAN SAY YES WE'RE GLAD
THE NUMBERS ARE LESS BUT WE ALSO
NEED TO SAY HOW DO WE GET THE
NUMBERS DOWN AND KEEP THEM GOING
DOWN.
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AGAIN, IT'S WORTH REPEATING, ONE
IS TOO MANY.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE
FINDING A WAY TO KEEP THE FOOT
ON THE PEDAL IS GOING TO BE VERY
IMPORTANT?
>> THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
THE NARCAN PROGRAMS, THE
DISTRIBUTION PROGRAMS ARE HEAVY
IN OUR AREA.
AND KEEPING THOSE GOING.
FINDING WAYS TO REACH OUT TO
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PEOPLE.
AND ENSURE THAT THEY ARE IN A
SAFE AS POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENT, I
GUESS, TO DO.
ALL THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO
MATTER IN MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN
SAVING LIVES.
THE TREND CONTINUES.
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY PRESIDENT
Dr. ELI CAPILOUTO IS
EXPLAINING WHY THE SCHOOL HAS
TAKEN STEPS REASONABLY IN A
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COMMUNICATION TO CAMPUS AND
BEYOND CAPILOUTO TALKS ABOUT
PROTECTING U.K.'S FINANCIAL
FOOTING.
AND SAYS EVERY PART OF THE
UNIVERSITY IS UNDER WHAT HE
CALLS A STRESS AND SCRUTINY.
U.K. CANCELED SPECIAL GRADUATION
OBSERVANCES FOR LGBTQ, BLACK AND
FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE
STUDENTS.
CAPILOUTO SAYS IT WAS TO COMPLY
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WITH FEDERAL AND STATE MANDATES.
>> CANCELING CELEBRATIONS FOR
PEOPLE ON OUR CAMPUS, WHO HAVE
NOT ALWAYS SEEN THEMSELVES IN
OUR BROADER COMMUNITY IS ONE
EXAMPLE.
WE HAVE TAKEN THAT ACTION
BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT
IS REQUIRED.
AND WE BELIEVE COMPLYING WITH
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THE LAW IS THE BEST WAY TO
PROTECT OUR PEOPLE AND OUR
CONTINUED CAPACITY TO SUPPORT
THEM.
JANET, HERE YOU HAVE
CAPILOUTO MAKING IT CLEAR HE
UNDERSTANDS THE WAY MANY PEOPLE
FEEL ABOUT THE RECENT CHANGES
BUT CASTING THE DECISIONS AS
ONES THAT HAD TO BE MADE FOR THE
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FINANCIAL GOOD OF THE
UNIVERSITY.
>> RIGHT.
HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN HURT ALREADY BY THESE
CHANGES.
BUT HE SAID THAT BECAUSE OF THE
UNIVERSITY'S RELIANCE ON GRANTS
AND RESEARCH AND THIS IS A MOVE
THAT HE FELT LIKE THEY HAD TO
TAKE TO PROTECT THE GREATER
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COMMUNITY.
THAT HIS HAND WAS
FORCED?
>> IT CERTAINLY SEEMS SO.
THERE WAS A DUST UP
THIS WEEK WHEN STATE AUDITOR
ALLISON BALL, A REPUBLICAN,
ACCUSED DEMOCRATS OF TRYING TO
INTIMIDATE HER.
MCKENNA HORSLEY DID THAT STORY
FOR THE LANTERN.
BALL SAID HER OFFICE WAS HIT
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WITH OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS AN
ATTEMPT TO DERAIL HER
INVESTIGATION INTO THE MEDICAL
CANNABIS LICENSES.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
RESPONDED SAYING THE REQUESTS
WERE NOT RELATED TO THAT
INVESTIGATION.
BUT THEY DID SEND FIVE VARIOUS
WIDE RANGING REQUESTS TO THE
AUDITOR BALL'S OFFICE.
BUT SHE SAYS THAT GETTING HIT
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WITH THE REQUESTS HAD SLOWED THE
PROCESS ON THE CURRENT
INVESTIGATION AND BACK AND FORTH
THERE WAS A DUST UP.
RUSS, LET'S TALK
EASTERN KENTUCKY ISSUES THE
DERBY WEEKEND IS A HUGE TOURISM
DRIVER, PIKEVILLE WRAPPED UP ONE
OF THE STATE'S LARGEST FESTIVALS
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HILLBYLY DAYS BACK TO
PREPANDEMIC LEVELS.
>> WE ARE STARTING TO GET BACK.
NOT JUST IN NUMBERS BUT IN
FEELING.
WE HAD TO CANCEL 2020 AND 2021.
BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
BUT YOU KNOW COMING BACK IT'S
FOURTH YEAR IT FEELS LIKE IT'S
COMING BACK TO WHAT IT ONCE WAS
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT'S
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HELPING THE CHILDREN WHO ARE
SERVED BY THE SHRINERS HOSPITALS
FOR CHILDREN.
IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS YOU CAN
PARTICIPATE IN AND FEEL GOOD
ABOUT PARTICIPATING BECAUSE YOU
ARE HELPING KIDS ON THE OTHER
END.
AND COUNTIES SET THEIR
BUDGETS FOR THE COMING YEAR AND
MOST OF THE FISCAL YEARS START
ON JULY 1 THEY ARE INTO THE
THICK OF THAT, SEVERANCE IS DOWN
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AND FEDERAL EXPENDITURES MAYBE
IN QUESTION.
IS IT A BIG CHALLENGE THIS YEAR
TO FIGURE OUT A SPENDING PLAN?
>> YEAH, I DON'T ENVY ANYBODY
HANDLING COUNTY BUDGET OR SCHOOL
DISTRICT BUDGET RIGHT NOW.
THE PIKE COUNTY FISCAL COURT IS
EXPECTING ABOUT 1.6 MILLION IN
COAL SEVERANCE IN THE COMING
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YEAR THEY TALKED ABOUT THIS IN
THE BUDGET.
INTRODUCTION MEETING THE OTHER
DAY.
JUST FOR REFERENCE IN 2009 THE
COUNTY COLLECTED $12.4 MILLION
IN COAL SEVERANCE.
THAT WAS A BIG CHUNK OF THE
BUDGET THAT THE FISCAL COURTS
HAD TO WORK WITH.
AND IT'S NOT LIKE THE CHALLENGES
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ARE GETTING LESS.
WE HAVE LESS MONEY TO WORK WITH.
AND THEN WITH THE FEDERAL
FUNDING WE'RE STARTING TO SEE
ISSUES DUE TO CHANGES THAT ARE
OCCURRING THERE.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE SETTLEMENT
SCHOOL NOW THURSDAY TUESDAY WITH
THE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE
SCHOOL READING AND MATH
INTERVENTION PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN
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CUT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STARTING TO
SEE THE LITTLE THINGS POP-UP AND
IT'S GOING TO FURTHER EXAS BER
RATE OUR BUDGETS.
AND A HEARTBREAKING
DECISION HAS TO BE MADE.
THE ELEMENTARY WILL BE CLOSING
THE PRINCIPAL CALLED IT THE
LITTLE SCHOOL THAT DOES BIG
THINGS.
HE SAYS IT WILL HAVE TO BE
CALLED THAT DID BIG THINGS.
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ALWAYS TOUGH FOR A COMMUNITIES.
>> IT IS BECAUSE IN A LOT OF
PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT
THESE SCHOOLS DO MEAN TO THE
COMMUNITIES.
WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF
CONSOLIDATION AND WHILE IT IS
NECESSARY, IT DOESN'T HURT ANY
LESS.
SORE UNVEILED A RUNWAY
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PROGRAM AN OUTREACH FROM THE
GROUP THAT CHALLENGES APPALACHIA
TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE
AND HELP THEM MAKE THEIR DREAMS
A REALITY.
>> YES.
ANY PROGRAM, I MEAN RIGHT NOW,
THAT CAN COME IN WITH SOURCES OF
FUNDING ESPECIALLY PRIVATE
FUNDING AND THINGS OF THAT
NATURE IS WELCOME BECAUSE,
AGAIN, EASTERN KENTUCKY'S
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CHALLENGES AREN'T GOING AWAY
BECAUSE FUNDING IS GOING AWAY.
WE HAVE TO FIND DIFFERENT WAYS
TO FUND IT.
JANET KIM DAVIS WANTS
THE U.S. SUPREME COURT TO DECIDE
IF THE FIRST AMENDMENT SHOULD
PROTECT HER AFTER SHE REFUSED TO
ISSUE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LICENSES
BACK IN 2015 A STORY AROUND FOR
A DECADE NOW.
>> IT IS AMAZING.
(24:43):
SHE LOST AGAIN AN APPEAL AT THE
SIXTH CIRCUIT.
WHETHER OR NOT SHE HAS TO PAY
DAMAGES AND SHE HAS 90 DAYS TO
APPEAL TO THE U.S. SUPREME
COURT.
LEGAL EXPERTS SEEM TO THINK IT
IS UNLIKELY THAT THIS WOULD BE
TAKEN UP AND OVERTURNED THE
DECISION.
YOU'VE WORKED UP A
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MOTHER'S DAY BOURBON GIFT GUIDE.
>> YES, I HAVE.
BECAUSE MOTHERS LIKE BOURBON.
THIS IS NOT A SHOCK TO ANYONE.
IN KENTUCKY, I WOULD HOPE.
BUT, YES, I BROUGHT A LITTLE
SAMPLER BOX THAT ONE OF THE
DISTILLERIES THAT OPENED.
AND I HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING
QUICK I MISSPOKE IN THE HORSE IS
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RENDERED JUDGMENT.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO
WATCH AFTER THE DERBY?
PARTICULARLY THE SENATE RACE
GETS ROLLING?
>> TO SEE THE ENDORSEMENTS KEEP
ROLLING OUT FROM THE ANDY BARR
SIDE OF THINGS AND THEN DANIEL
CAMERON A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
WATCHING HOW MUCH MONEY HE CAN
RAISE IN THE NEXT CYCLE BUT HIS
NUMBERS ACCORDING TO SOME WERE
NOT TOO HIGH.
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WATCHING CAMPAIGN FUNDRAISING
NUMBERS FOR DANIEL CAMERON AND
WHO KEEPS ENDORSING ANDY BARR.
AND KEEP WATCH ON THE
SIXTH DISTRICT RACE AND HOW
CROWDED THAT GETS TO REPLACE
BARR WHO IS MOVING ON FROM THAT
SEAT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
WESTERN KENTUCKY PROSECUTOR IS
REMEMBERED MICHAEL STACY WAS
COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY FOR
BALLARD, CARLISLE, FULTON AND
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HICKMAN COUNTIES.
HE WAS KILLED IN A CAR ACCIDENT
THIS WEEK.
ATTORNEY GENERAL RUSSELL COLEMAN
CALLS STACY TOUGH AND FAIR AND
NOTED HE WAS RESPECTED BY HIS
COLLEAGUES.
THAT IS "COMMENT ON KENTUCKY" WE
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND
HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD WEEK AHEAD.
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